List of The Ricky Gervais Show episodes

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[edit] Episode guide

This is an episode list for The Ricky Gervais Show podcast, with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington.

[edit] Series 1

Price : Free

# Date Overview
101 December 5, 2005 Bodcasts, iPods, dilapidated mansion.
Monkey News: Monkey astronaut.
102 December 12, 2005 Cambodian Midget Fighting League, Paul ‘The Party Animal’ Parker.
Monkey News: The value of money.
103 December 19, 2005 Chimp mauling, 'Knob at night'.
Monkey News: Monkey sanctuary.
104 December 26, 2005 Christmas good will gift, superpowers, origins of the kiss at a wedding.
Monkey News: Chimp interviews Cher.
105 January 2, 2006 Colonic irrigation, TV show "Tribes", armed dolphins, dance remix of 'Knob At Night'.
Monkey News: Ollie the chimp.
106 January 9, 2006 The Chinese homeless (and lack thereof), the Pillow Man, 'a stitch in time saves nine'.
Monkey News: Chimp firemen.
107 January 16, 2006 Washing up without using thumbs, Karl looks out of his apartment window and sees a naked woman, Bruce Willis, the cobbler, paper round dream job, Plato, testicular cancer.
Monkey News: Monkey workman.
108 January 23, 2006 The Diary Of Karl Pilkington, the watch that can predict your own death, 'Jimmy the Hat'.
Monkey News: Chimp tobogganing.
109 January 30, 2006 Saving Ricky or Steve, Question for Karl, Steve's octopus dish.
Monkey News: Chimp pilots.
110 February 6, 2006 The Karl Pilkington show, talking to animals, ice pop of death, adult nappies, Karl's litter tray, wrestling Karl, Karl Dilkington, a "wewe" (an ugly female ghost with drooping breasts).
Monkey News: Jockey chimp.
111 February 13, 2006 Global village idiot, dishwasher on mars, re-introducing dinosaurs, fight over a girl, invention of the plane, sloths.
Monkey News: Chimp (cheap) doctors.
112 February 20, 2006 Guinness World Records, meeting Suzanne, being trapped inside animals.
Monkey News: Enos the chimponaut (possible source: http://www.savethechimps.org/about.asp).

[edit] Series 2

Price: UK - 79p US - $1

# Date Overview
201 February 27, 2006 Karl worries about the stationery implications of relocating to another planet; Relativity and re-runs of the 1980 World Cup Final; Doppelganger - The Karl Who Haunted Himself; A brainteaser for a man with no brain; Extracts from Karl's diary; Plus, for the cognoscenti, the timely return of 'Rockbusters'.
Karls diary:
202 March 7, 2006 Karl Pilkington - the talk of tinsel-town; There's no news like no news; Karl's illustrated book of ages; Tall and pale and naked and waving; Karl's diary - Auntie Nora, cat criticism, unappealing ultrasound scans, the passing fad that is hoummous, mind/brain confusion and the elderly lady with the bent neck; and... Rockbusters.
Karls diary: Auntie Nora, cats.
203 March 14, 2006 Complaints relating to the perception of an inadequate frequency of expletives are addressed; Look who's listening; Social engineering at the North Pole; Questioning the credentials of TV pathologists; Karl's top twin tips; Plastic surgery at the deli counter; Risky dining and cancerous carnivore; Rockbusters.
Karls diary: Congo confusion, vegetable timepieces, subterranean schoolfriends, porcine-pated ladies, beehive boozers.
204 March 21, 2006 Genocidal anura; Anthropomorphism and Fluffy the poodle; Reflections on the inducement of camouflage-feedback in visually impaired chameleons; Karl gets his head around the concept of a multiverse; Steve the party animal; Rockbusters.
Karls diary: The worrying mortality rate of Karl's pets; blind dates, lunar lunacy, quadrupedal enclaves, common or garden aliens.
205 March 28, 2006 Karl's Freudian slip-up, Surgical quotas, Biblical logistics, designer loo-roll, bed & boredom, prandial sorbets for pretentious brats, inappropriate choices for vehicluar nomenclature, cemetery sightseeing, Karl's secrets to a successful relationship, Steve's unsound method of obtaining sound advice, Rockbusters.
Karls diary:Suzanne's Birthday Treat
206 April 4, 2006 Some sad news about an elderly tortoise proves a versatile opener for conversation - sparking a discussion on suppressed memories, longevity and who if anyone is in charge of Karl's brain. Karl ponders his most favourite and least favourite words and proposes a lexicographical cull. Believing that octopuses aren't the friendly little creatures they're portrayed as in films, Karl considers some suitable terms of abuse, Rockbusters.
Karls diary: Philosophers and their names; Lao Tse's advice for spectators.

[edit] Series 3

Price: UK - 79p US - $1

# Date Overview
301 August 22, 2006 Insects, insects and more insects.

Karl's diary: Karl writes a poem to sum up his day.
302 August 29, 2006 Kidney Stones and Stick Insects.

While Karl is in hospital for treatment of Kidney Stones, he is given time to think. He asks Ricky and Steve if leaf insects were insects that had just been "havin' it off" with a leaf. Steve tries to yet again persuade Karl that insects do not have consciousness and fails.
303 September 5, 2006 Karl's kidney-induced epiphany; Karl uses his spare time to brush up on his ant facts; Survival tactics; Super-evolving jellyfish inspire some bardic utterances; Fact or fiction? Karl ponders storytelling.

Karl's Diary: Displaced llamas and fussy eaters.
304 September 12, 2006 Karl is accused of not pulling his weight by Ricky and Steve and his TV programmes are criticised in the press. Steve's dancing skills are the subject of some tabloid mockery and Ricky doubts the merit of Karl's clip-on mug mat.

Karl's diary: The doctor who doesn't open his eyes much
305 September 19, 2006 Karl's contribution to the British Library; A man whose skull "fell out"; Karl pimps his forehead; Steve's big night out.

Karl's diary: Monkey toll-booth, a slug's life, and how to get attention in a corner shop.
306 September 26, 2006 Karl wonders how he'd react to meeting one of his many celebrity fans; Karl explores with the concept of equal opportunities; From determinism to morning goods in one fell swoop.

Karl's diary: In-depth coverage of Karl's recent relapse.

[edit] The Podfather

Price: Free

# Date Overview
Halloween October 31, 2006 Ghostly drivel abounds as Steve consults a text-based oracle, Karl experiences a kidney probing, Steve visits Bristol, Karl becomes a Godfather and Ricky tells of some lighter moments at the morgue.
Thanksgiving November 23, 2006 Karl launches a campaign for a calendar-free society, Ricky explains the origins of Thanksgiving and Steve brings up the sterling work mice are carrying out in the name of medicine.
Christmas December 24, 2006 Karl reflects on the past year and singles out an unlikely highlight; Steve stocks up on yuletide essentials; Karl advocates an anarchic Christmas; Karl's diary draws to a close with revelations of bothersome footwear and worry-holes ... and Ricky provides an emotional exit en route to the orphanage.

[edit] Special Edition

A special podcast was made available as a giveaway to people that went to see Gervais' standup tour Fame. On 12 October 2007 this was made available as a free download to the general public, via the same subscription as the video podcasts.

Price: Free

# Date Overview
Special October 12, 2007 Karl discusses his boiler and his film pitch, Steve reads extracts from Karl's book 'Happyslapped by a Jellyfish and Other True Stories', the three also discuss the possibility of bringing the show back for a fourth series in 2008.
Special November 25, 2007 A special free one hour long podcast originally available only on audio CD. Ricky and Steve continue to probe Karl with questions from "inside the actors studio."

[edit] Video podcasts

Following the very successful second series of the audio podcasts Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington produced an irregular series of free short video podcasts, downloadable from iTunes.

Price: Free

# Date Overview
1 March 24 2006 Ricky asks Karl to choose between letting Ricky tie his head to his knees and be locked in a cage until he was permanently deformed into that shape, or, to allow Ricky to perform facial surgery to sew up his mouth, nose and eyes and remove his ears.
2 April 2 2006 In one of Gervais' most iffy moments, he uses the video podcast the advertise his and Karl's forthcoming book Ricky Gervais presents The World of Karl Pilkington. While Ricky talks to the camera and behaves with charmless superiority, Karl quietly sits beside him, answers questions, and sketches out some drawings for the book.
3 April 7 2006 This video podcast was an animation of Monkey News from the seventh episode of Podcast Series 1.
4 April 24 2006 A short acceptance film where Steve presents Ricky with the Aerial award and discusses Ricky's charity contributions.
5 April 26 2006 Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington settle down on the sofa to watch Brokeback Mountain, but Karl has trouble understanding how gay relationships work.
6 May 1 2006 Another shameless plug from Ricky Gervais on Karl's book, Ricky Gervais presents The World of Karl Pilkington, showing the viewers some snippets of what would be going into the book, including visual representations of the famous big headed kids, and the pillow man, one of Karl's favourite freaks.
7 May 20 2006 Beginning with an audio clip from the very first podcast, where Karl tells Ricky and Steve about a run-down stately home, that doubled-up as a mental institution. In this house Karl discovered 3000 flies and a condom, which Ricky and Steve found hilarious and incredulous. In this video, Karl visits the house and shows the world proof that his story wasn't a lie and that.
8 June 10 2006 Direct from the set of the second series of Extras, Ricky and Steve give an update of how filming is going, while back at Ricky's house, Karl is hoovering when he discovers some illustrations for a new Flanimals book, Flanimals Of The Deep, providing some of his challenging opinions of animal and flanimal life.
9 July 24 2006 Karl spends four minutes complaining about how spoilt Ricky's cat Ollie is. The podcast includes clips of when Jonathan Ross gave Ricky the cat on his chat show.
10 August 9 2006 Ricky, Steve and Karl catch up after their summer apart and spend a little time daydreaming.
11 Spetember 1 2006 A short trailer advertising Extras series 2.
12 September 1 2006 A second short trailer advertising Extras series 2.
14 September 7 2006 This video podcast was released as "The Ricky Gervais Video Podcast No 14". It is actually only the thirteenth video podcast to be released. The video begins with an audio clip from Podcast Series 1, Episode 6 where Karl talks about how there is too much choice in restaurants now and people are now taking risks with what they eat. Afterwards a clip is shown of Karl cooking breakfast and elaborating on the conversation played previously.

[edit] Specials

Several special video podcasts have been released, most of which to promote Ricky's Fame tour.

Price: Free

# Date Overview
Fame 1 June 29 2007 This is an advert starring Ricky, wearing the same attire as he did for his shorts promoting Live 8, using the same white background.
Fame 2 June 29 2007 Ricky gets Robin some sportswear in preparation for his new training regime, and then laughs at him in it, on the treadmill, and running up a hill.
Fame 3 July 11 2007 Ricky takes Robin to the beach for his birthday, and gets someone to dig him a 'swimming pool' to sit in whilst the tide rises. Ricky constantly reminds Robin how lucky he is to have his own swimming pool and be at the beach, in February.
Fame 4 July 13 2007 Ricky and Steve bring news of the Extras Special, which turns into a talk about how the viewers aren't to be respected. Profanities abound.
Fame 5 July 18 2007 Karl gets bothered by builders whilst working on his book, Ricky kindly offers his house as a refuge. One part of this podcast memorably has Ricky trying to vacuum Karl's face.
Fame 6 July 18 2007 Ricky back to annoying Robin again, finishing with Ricky repeatedly running around the house, singing the Tufty Lovely Song.
Fame 7 July 30 2007 Robin surprises Ricky during his live standup by walking onto the stage and presenting him with a children's book award for Flanimals, and giving him a live feed to the awards show whilst his own audience watches on.
Special December 6 2007 A special podcast entitled "The real extras." It shows Karl on the set of extras.

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